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Next meet-up: SitP 2013-06-24

  By Ben Finney | May 27, 2013 - 11:00 pm |
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Mt View Hotel, Bridge Rd, Richmond.
Image: Mattinbgn / WikiMedia Commons

Our next meet-up is the Melbourne Skeptics in the Pub on Monday 24 June, 2013.

As usual we meet at the Mount View Hotel, 70 Bridge Road in Richmond from 18:00 (6pm) onwards. Find us upstairs in the lounge, grab a meal and a drink as you please, and chat with other freethinkers!

Event: ‘Are we alone? The hunt for ET’

  By Ed | April 14, 2013 - 2:49 pm |
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Image: Frank Vincentz / WikiMedia Commons

Image: Frank Vincentz / WikiMedia Commons

Is there life beyond Earth?

The observable universe is home to millions of trillions of exoplanets, as planets outside our solar system are called. Many of these remote realms are believed to be of similar size to the Earth, some in orbits where surface water can exist in liquid form. Does this suggest the universe is teeming with life? Or might we be alone in the vastness of space?

That’s the question a panel of eminent scientists, along with Fairfax science columnist Peter Spinks, will debate at a fascinating evening event entitled ‘Are we alone? The hunt for ET’.

Presenters will be:

  • Dr Alan Duffy, Melbourne University astrophysicist
  • Dr Katie Mack, Melbourne University cosmologist
  • Dr Rosemary Mardling, Monash University astronomer
  • Dr Christopher Fluke, Swinburne University astrophysicist

With video interviews from:

  • Mr Allen Sirota, robotics supervisor at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Dr Mario Perez, NASA astrophysicist and planet hunter in Washington
  • Professor Mark Sims, former mission manager of the European Space Agency’s Mars probe, the Beagle, and now astrobiology professor at UK’s Leicester University
  • Dr David Patterson, CSIRO astrophysicist and citizen scientist with Planet Hunters

When: Friday 19 April from 6.30-8.00pm

Where: The Edge in Federation Square

Cost: $30 public, $20 for The Age subscribers. Click here to book tickets.

 

This event is not run by, supported or associated with Melbourne Skeptics in any way.

Surfcoast Summer Skepticamp

  By Ed | February 4, 2013 - 4:12 pm |
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Saturday, February 9, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EST)
Aireys Inlet Community Centre
6 Great Ocean Road, Aireys Inlet

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Split Point Lighthouse, Aireys Inlet, Victoria, Australia Image: Mike Lehmann, via WikiMedia Commons.

Split Point Lighthouse, Aireys Inlet, Victoria, Australia
Image: Mike Lehmann, via WikiMedia Commons.

Come down to the gorgeous Surfcoast for a summer skeptical event hosted by the Great Ocean Road Skeptics!
SSS will be held on Saturday 9th of February 2013 at the Airey’s Inlet Community Centre starting at 10am. We have chosen the location and timings of the event to allow for participants to make a weekend of it on the Great Ocean Road. Check out the Airey’s Inlet Tourism site for details about the location! We will have a limited number of spots for a run from Geelong train station out to Aireys and back again after the event (but before dinner).

We will have a mix of grassroots speaker (ie YOU!) and some better-known skeptics as attendees. The speaker signups have begun, and can be organized by emailing Mick Vagg. We will be providing lunch with vegetarian options. There is ample free parking outside the Community Centre, and we will have plenty of available power points inside for mobile devices. For those with kids there is a playground attached to the Centre, and a famous lighthouse about 800m walk away.

If we get enough interest we will organize a dinner at the Aireys pub for the evening so we can keep the vibe going.

After a fantastic first event last year we are hoping to follow on with the ‘difficult second skepticamp’ by having MOAR SPEAKERS and MOAR ATTENDEES than last year.